The use of a less-sentient species is in line with the concept of Replacement, one of the well-known 3Rs of laboratory animal use 1. But what is a less-sentient species? Is a chimpanzee less ...
Sentience, in a broad sense, is the capacity to feel. In a narrower sense, it refers to the capacity to have feelings with a positive or negative quality, such as feelings of pain, pleasure, boredom, ...
Sentience is the capacity to have feelings, such as feelings of pain, pleasure, hunger, thirst, warmth, joy, comfort and excitement. It is not simply the capacity to feel pain, but feelings of pain, ...